I have been booking a trip at the end of April to Auschwitz and Krakow (Poland). I've always been fascinated by concentration camps for reasons I can't fully explain. I've felt for a long time that I wanted to go and visit one, but it's not an easy thing for me to do.
Tom, my son, is going to be there for two weeks at the end of April researching people's motivation for going, so I'm going out for a few days at the same time.
Is it possible to go to such a place and not be changed by it? I'm not sure - time will tell if it changes me. Last year I read "Man's Search For Meaning" by Victor Frankl, a survivor of Auschwitz. It's a slim, but surprisingly uplifting book - I think I'll read it again either beforehand or while I'm there.
